Potent mix puts 'killer heroin' on the streets

Drug being spiked with analgesic fentanyl

1:55 AM,
Apr. 12, 2014

Written by

Jim Hannah
The Cincinnati Enquirer

A deadly combination of heroin and a potent analgesic is becoming more evident in the region as fatal overdoses rise.

Investigators say some heroin sold on the streets is laced with the narcotic fentanyl to make a dangerous cocktail known in other parts of the nation as "killer heroin."

The Butler County Coroner's Office handled 50 fatal drug overdoses in the first quarter of the year, a 139 percent increase from the same period last year. Eleven of the fatal overdoses were from heroin, with an additional 10 involving heroin spiked with fentanyl. Another eight fatal overdoses were caused by ...